کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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4467110 | 1622247 | 2011 | 15 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
A Palaeoaplysina–microencruster reef community is recognized in the Gzhelian–Asselian interval of the Taishaku and Akiyoshi limestones in SW Japan, which represent accreted Panthalassan atoll carbonates. In a reef-core area of the atoll, the alga Palaeoaplysina acted as a framebuilder and was associated with various binders (e.g., Tubiphytes, Archaeolithoporella, cystoporate bryozoans, and microbialites) and sediment-bafflers such as fenestrate and cryptostomate bryozoans and phylloid algae. In a subtidal environment of the back-reef area, Palaeoaplysina and phylloid algae flourished as sediment-bafflers. A microbial community, including Tubiphytes and sessile foraminifers, was predominant in a very shallow, peritidal environment of the back-reef area.Palaeoaplysina was distributed mainly along the northern margin of Pangea and is regarded as a boreal element. During Gzhelian–Asselian time, its distribution extended to the tropical or subtropical Panthalassa Ocean due to global cooling. On the Akiyoshi atolls, the Palaeoaplysina–microencruster community was succeeded by a sponge–microencruster community in the late Early Permian. The timing of this biotic turnover is similar to that of a change in climate from icehouse to greenhouse conditions, and coincides with superplume activity beneath the mid-Panthalassa Ocean.
► The Gzhelian-Asselian mid-Panthalassan reef community includes a boreal element.
► The cool condition extended to the low latitudes during the Late Paleozoic ice age.
► This reef community was turnovered by the warmer-water community.
► This biotic turnover coincided with a mid-Panthalassan superplume.
Journal: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology - Volume 310, Issues 3–4, 1 October 2011, Pages 378–392